Technique Tuesday ~ Bargello !!

Good Morning Happy Stampers!!

I am so excited to share this awesome technique with you today!!

It's called Bargello, and today I'm showing the gals at SSINKSPIRATION how to do it!

Come check out the tutorial HERE!

For this card:

Hey Girl Stamp Set

Bargello Paper technique

Cardstock:  Tip Top Taupe, Wild Wasabi, Bermuda Bay, Calypso Coral, Wisteria Wonder, Early Espresso

Aqua-painter with the above mentioned colored inks

(to get the skin tone, I used Crumb Cake and Calypso Coral mixed and watered down...still working on the right mixes for skin tones!)

Black bakers twine

Rhinestones

Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by!!  

~Donna

Watercolor Stampin!!

Hello happy Stamper!!

Are you ready for a fun little technique on this quiet Tuesday?

Watercolor Stampin!

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I adore this card!  Not gonna lie!

So all you need to do is this:

Use an Aqua Painter (or paint brush) add a thin layer of water onto the Watercolor Paper

Stamp your image in our Classic Ink

*it will blur!

Then you can use your aqua painter to move some of the ink away from the image to blur it even more!

For the hills, I just dipped my Aqua Painter right into a puddle of Coastal Cabana Ink and painted it on there free hand.  

I just adore watercoloring!!

To get the greeting, you'll need to earn the Simply Wonderful Stamp set....

purchase all the supplies I used in this card and Viola!!  $50 Sale-a-bration set earned!!

Wanna see some more?  Check out what my friends over at SSInkspirations came up with!!

have some water coloring you want to share?

head over to SSInkspiration on FB and share your ideas!

Technique Tuesday! Markers and Blocks

Happy Tuesday!

Are you excited to see a fun way to use your markers today?

We're going to stamp with our markers and our clear blocks.  Wait..What?!

First Step.  Pick out any of your markers that you'd like to use.

Then grab a block that is at least as big (if not bigger!!) than the paper you will be "stamping on"

Next:  Color your block!

I colored in stripes 

* wanna see something fun? *

 color your block however you want...

Spritz with alcohol and watch the magic happen!!

and you get this!

How cool is that?!  i think it kind of looks like mud.  :)  love it though!

then put all the pieces together and you have a visually awesome card with minimal work!

Want to see some more?! Head on over to SSInkspiration to see what the girls are making today too!

Happy Stampin!

Technique Tuesday ~ Decorative Masking

Decorative Masking:  Basically going from 

THIS:

 To THIS:

For the full tutorial:  Head on over to SSINKSPIRATION!

After making the awesome background for my Halloween card, check this out!

 I LOVE LOVE LOVE this new stamp set and its matching framelits!

Fall Fest                                             Fun Fall Framelits

 You can add super cute "glowing eyes" using bling and the spooky eyes from the jack o'lantern faces!

  And this stamp set is so versatile!!

   
Mingle All The Way

Wanna make this card?

Recipe:

Stamp Sets:  Fall Fest, Mingle All The Way

Cardstock:  Whisper White, Tangelo Twist

Ink:  Mossy Meadow, Elegant Eggplant, Tangelo Twist, Hello Honey

Accessories: Dots and Stripes Decorative Masks, Rhinestones (colored with Blendabilites), Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by!  Come back tomorrow for another Mingle All the Way card and ANOTHER new technique! 

~Donna

Technique Tuesday ~ Stamping with an Embossing Folder

Did you know that you could stamp with an embossing folder?  

Wait what?! Stamp you say?!

YES!

There are lots of different tutorials out there and many different ways to explain it.  The way I made my card was super easy!

Take an embossing folder:

(like this one!)

Decorative Dots Embossing Folder

Open the folder and lay it flat on the table.  For this sample, I used a different color on each side.

then I laid two pieces of whisper white cardstock on one side....slowly and carefully closed the folder and applied even pressure over it with my brayer.  and Viola!

Okay:  so my next step was to take the Crisp Cantaloupe inked paper and cut it to size for the background of my card.  Then I took my Mosaic Punch and punched out the Pool Party negative inked image and made my embellishment.

(notice that I used the ends to embellish my sentiment!?)

I got to use some fun stuff!  I know you're *shocked* that I used my Blendabilities to color the button and the bakers twine.  

Lucky for you, the girls over at SSInkspiration are showing their take on stampin with an embossing folder!  Go check it out!